Rock showdown

“There are moments where we sound like the Rolling Stones or Anderson .Paak,” Mills said.

The band Breakside. // Photo by Julia Phillips

ROUND 2 WINNERS:

Band: The Dawn Bombs

Members:

Ruben Gomez: bass

Ben Waight: lead vocals/guitar

William Luckensmeyer: drums

“We compete against a couple of other bands and a bunch of our friends are making it so we’re stoked for them,” Waight said. “No matter what, everyone that’s participating is grinding hella hard, so I love that. People are getting better all the time.”

ROUND 3 WINNERS:

Band: Sweaty Already

Members:

Tristan Lee: bass

Garrison Whaley-Sharp: vocals

Andy Kennedy: guitar

Blake Mclam: guitar

Sam Stringer: drums

“We started as friends and neighbors, jamming together on occasion, but the band really took form in January,”

Whaley-Sharp said.

The band Sweaty Already // Photo by Bram Briskorn

ROUND 4 WINNERS:

Band: We Won’t Leave

Members:

Zach Toth: guitar

Malcolm Sangster: bass

Justin Thompson: lead vocals

Audrey La Point: drums

“I didn’t think we were going to get past this round,” Toth said. “That’s why I didn’t wear any pants.”

Random picks

Freshman pitcher Anna Kasner has been on the recruiting radar of head coach Amy Suiter since she was 12 years old.
“I’ve been watching her pitch since she was little, and I think she was 12 or 13 when I first saw her throw,” Suiter said. “I was like, ‘What are you throwing?’ Because she just had crazy spin. That...